Kevin Smith IIDetroit Lions running back Kevin Smith was, without question, the breakout performer of Week 11. Smith will be a wildly popular fantasy add in the days ahead, and for obvious reasons. He rushed for a career-high 140 yards on Sunday, he caught four passes for 61, and he crossed the goal line three times. He out-carried Maurice Morris 16-to-7 and out-gained him by 164 total yards. With Jahvid Best sidelined indefinitely, Smith now becomes a priority fantasy pickup.

"There's a lot of great stories in the NFL and I'm sure there's a lot of story-lines today," said Lions coach Jim Schwartz, following his team's 49-35 win. "But I think the NFL would be hard-pressed to find a better story than Kevin Smith."

No argument here. Smith was unemployed just three weeks ago, a guy with a serious injury history, working tirelessly to get back in the league. And now you're eyeing his name in the free-agent pool and contemplating a $70 FAAB bid.

Smith's rest-of-season schedule is friendly, so the acquisition should pay dividends. In the Lions' six remaining games, they'll only face one team that's held opposing rushers below 4.4 yards per carry (Minnesota, Week 14). Smith isn't likely to top 200 scrimmage yards again, but he can clearly deliver a few more useful fantasy lines.

Fred Jackson

Following his team's 27-point loss to Miami on Sunday, Buffalo head coach Chan Gailey may have established a new NFL record for uttering the phrase "I don't know" or its equivalent. You'll find a condensed version of his postgame press conference right here. Listen as often as you like, but you won't hear Gailey detail any easy fixes for the Bills' many issues.

"If I knew exactly what the problem was right now, I'd solve it," he told reporters.

The highlight of Gailey's presser may have been his attempt to explain the difference between "a runaway train," and whatever sort of train the Bills have become.

"We're goin' the wrong direction on that train," he said, "but I don't think it's run away."

When asked to discuss his defense, Gailey offered this: "I don't ... I ... Today I don't have a lot of answers for you. I wish I did."

Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick brought nothin' to the podium, either.

"We're baffled at what's happened the last three weeks," he said, echoing his coach.

Buffalo is 0-for-November, losers of three straight. The team has been outscored 106 to 26 so far this month, with one game left to play. The Bills were 0-for-12 on third down on Sunday. Injuries are certainly part of the story in this remarkable collapse — injuries to the O-line, the defense, the receiving corps, and now to centerpiece Fred Jackson (see below). But when a franchise's head coach and its $62 million quarterback can't say what's wrong, then it's probably safe to say that everything is broken.

Tom Brady

It's basically not fair.

Tom Brady, a guy who's already on pace for a 5,390-yard season, will finish his year with a string of friendly match-ups, beginning on Monday night (vs. KC). If Brady continues to produce at the current rate, he may actually break Dan Marino's single-season yardage record in his 15th game, then use the finale to pile on.

So he's having a pretty decent year. In the fantasy playoffs (Weeks 15-16), Brady will face a pair of defenses that have allowed the fourth and eighth-most fantasy points to opposing QBs. Of course he could also face blizzard conditions, injuries, suspension, plague, incontinence ... we have no idea what might go wrong. Many variables can impact fantasy production. All we can say from our present vantage point is that Brady's rest-of-season schedule seems inviting.

After the jump, you'll find two spreadsheets (in traditional Roto Arcade colors) detailing the remaining schedules for the NFL's friendliest pass and run defenses. Use this info any way you like: Propose trades, impress friends, plot out a Salary Cap strategy, or wow your special lady with a breakdown of Matthew Stafford's year-end fantasy potential. It's up to you. I offer this information without additional commentary; it should be easy to interpret and employ.

Killer B!Not sure if this week's episode is our best, but it's definitely top-10. (Note: There have been 12). So that's a pretty strong endorsement.

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The Fantasy 46, Week 11 Preview

We used the 20 questions approach again, a time-honored tradition that dates back to last week. Naturally, we spent a decent amount of time discussing the Thursday nighter (Jets at Broncos). At the top of the show, we devoted a few minutes to league-vote trade vetoes (awful idea), then we hit injuries, match-ups, sits/starts, Tebow ... the usual topics.

I tried to say positive things about Joe Flacco and Josh Freeman, but pretty much failed. There was some griping, apologizing, waffling, gnashing of teeth. Everything you'd expect, basically.

If you have questions of a fantasy nature, you can find me here: @andybehrens. If you're specifically looking for advice about Chargers, then you probably want Brendan. He owns 'em all, starts them every week: @bmac670.

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Vick injury

Well, the Philadelphia Eagles have put themselves in quite a predicament. They basically need to win out, sweeping a difficult stretch of seven games — including match-ups with the Giants, Patriots, Jets and Cowboys — and, realistically, they'll need a few other teams to collapse. Philly is now 3-6, and the friendliest portion of their schedule (or so we thought) is now behind them. So things aren't looking good.

And then there's the injury report: Michael Vick is dealing with broken ribs, Jeremy Maclin has shoulder and hamstring injuries, and DeSean Jackson is battling ... um ... malaise? Narcolepsy? Dunno, but he should maybe just take a break from talking.

The Philadelphia Inquirer's Jeff McLane doesn't expect Vick to play against New York this week. If Vick can't go, that would almost certainly close the book on the 2011 Eagles. No one should be too eager to get a look at Vince Young or Mike Kafka, not while the team still has any hope at all. This year's Vick rib injury isn't anything like last year's, and he was able to play through the discomfort in Week 10 (poorly, but he played). He was reportedly injured on the Eagles' second pass play, when an unblocked blitzer walloped him on a completion to Brent Celek. I'll still have Vick in the low-teens in my initial QB ranks this week; if he can't go, I'd slot his replacement in the low-20s.

Calvin Johnson

Calvin Johnson had apparently choreographed a special touchdown celebration for Sunday's game at Soldier Field, a little something to commemorate his return to the site of last year's most controversial non-catch. So that's adorable.

In Week 10, Megatron's first catch went for 17 yards, his second went for nine, and his third — pictured above — nearly got him decapitated.

Johnson led all NFL receivers in targets on Sunday, but he was absolutely punished by the Bears throughout the afternoon, never finding the end zone. In the fourth quarter, Lance Briggs delivered a particularly wicked shot after a short gain (probably legal, flagged because it was brutal). It can be reasonably argued that neither Johnson nor Matthew Stafford should have played the final 15 minutes, since the Lions entered the quarter trailing by 31. But they did, and they were assaulted.

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Matt Leinart!

Before we get started here, someone really needs to check in with that dude who got the "Houston Texans Super Bowl XLVI champions" tattoo. We need to know how he's dealing with Monday's news. This has definitely not been a good day for his team, and thus for his left arm.

On Monday afternoon, Texans coach Gary Kubiak revealed that quarterback Matt Schaub had suffered a "significant foot injury," a problem that's likely to sideline him for a protracted period of time. The injury is believed to be a Lisfranc issue. According to the Houston Chronicle, Schaub will visit specialists in Charlotte and Indianapolis next week "to determine whether he can play again this season." Adam Schefter is already reporting that he will not.

So that's awful. Schaub's backup, you'll recall, is Matt Leinart. He took a few garbage-time snaps in Sunday's win at Tampa, but he didn't attempt a pass. Houston obviously has a dominant running game and it'll soon get Andre Johnson back from injury, so it's not as if this team lacks weapons. In the fantasy playoffs (Weeks 15-16), the Texans will face Carolina and Indy, two of the best possible matchups. Even a Leinart-led offense should be plenty productive against those teams.

But can Leinart himself be a fantasy asset? Well, again, you like the team context. He's surrounded by exceptional talent, the end-of-year schedule is friendly, and, well ... um ... oh, c'mon.

THIS GUY LOST HIS JOB TO THE 2010 VERSION OF DEREK ANDERSON. That's a bit of a red flag, no?

Larry Fitzgerald!

As quarterback controversies go, John Skelton vs. Kevin Kolb is not exactly Steve Young vs. Joe Montana. In fact, Skelton-Kolb may not even be on the level of, say, Derek Anderson vs. Brady Quinn.

But after Arizona's Week 10 win at Philadelphia — a game in which Skelton passed for 315 yards (miraculously) and three touchdowns (one of which was nearly a pick-six) — we clearly have a controversy. Skelton has directed his team to back-to-back victories, without earning many style points; Kolb hasn't participated in a win since Week 1, yet he's the guy with the $65 million deal.

A debate is probably taking place among Cardinals fans, and coach Ken Whisenhunt has a tricky decision to make as he evaluates two flawed options. Kolb is dealing with toe and foot injuries at the moment, but he'll be available soon enough.

Do we care enough about this offense for fantasy purposes to actually add Arizona's quarterback, whoever he is? No, obviously not — and I'm saying this during a week in which Skelton ranks among the highest-scoring fantasy QBs. I wouldn't be high on either Skelton or Kolb in an NFC West-only league. Each player has issues, and the Cards entered the day ranked in the bottom-third of the NFL in both scoring and total yards.

Still, I'm tied to this lousy quarterback situation as a multi-league Fitzgerald owner, as are many of you. And I can say with confidence, on behalf of the global community of Fitzgerald investors, that we would like to see Skelton get another start or two (or maybe six).

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